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MEDICINE SPOON REGISTER- N0. 400,719. Patented Apr. 2, 1 889.

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' PATENT OFFIC HOWARD WV. VVELLES, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN GICOLLINGWOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

MEDICINE-SPOON REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,719, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1888- Serial No. 273,350. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD W. WELLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Medicine-Spoon Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in medicine-spoons in which an adjustable registering-dial operates'conveniently in combination with a spoon-handle; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide an adjustable register for indicating the hour at which the next dose of medicine is to be taken; second, to afford the means also to show which of several glasses or of several kinds of medicineeither allopathic or homeopathicis to be taken next; third, to attach readily such convenient register to any spoon for use in a sick-room. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a front plan view of the adjustable registering-dial as it appears in position on the spoon. Fig. 2 is a side plan view of the same, showing the relation of the various parts to each other and to the spoon-handle. Fig. 3 is a front plan view of the adjustable register apart from the spoon; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of my device, apart from the spoon-hand le, cut through the center to better show the different parts.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

B is the base-plate, to which the rivet F fastens the revolving dial 0 and the adjustable index-hand ,or pointer D. I

E E are spring-clamps adapted to fit over the handle of a spoon and hold it securely to place.

a is a fixed mark on the plate B, to serve as a pointer to indicate the hour placed opposite it by the revolution of the dial 0. This dial 0 may have as many subdivisionmarks between the hour-marks as is desired.

D is set to point toward the figure or word desired. Thus my device affords a register not only for tumbler medicine, but for all kinds-both allopathic and homeopathicincluding bottle medicine and such pills or powders as may have to be taken in connection with liquid medicine. The revolving dial 0 is riveted so as to be easily turned on the base-plate B, and yet firmly held in place by friction. It may be used without the supplementary indeX-hand D, as my invention includes the combination of any adj ustable time-register to a medicine-spoon, and the connection may be permanent, if desired, the dial being riveted directly to the spoonhandle and the flanges E E dispensed with; but for general use and convenience the detachable form shown will probably prove most satisfactory. O and D need not be made with shoulders, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, but may be made to lie close upon each other and the base-plate, if preferred. For the detachable register, as shown, the flanges E E are made of the right size and shape to pass over the narrow portion of the spoon-handle and engage firmly with the enlarged portion of the handle when pressed upward over it. lhus the device may be used on any spoon at any time, and where the supplementary dose-indicator is used in addition to the time-dial in my device, a single register is all that is needed to serve as an accurate guide for a sick-room attendant in administering any kind of medicine.

' I do not limit myself to any particular material for the register, though it may, perhaps, be made most conveniently of some sort of metal.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A medicine-spoon in combination with a time and dose register, consisting of a revolving time-dial and a pointer or index-hand to indicate the dose, all constructed upon a clamp-shaped base-plate, so as to be independently movable, as and for the purpose described.

2. A clamp-plate adapted to engage with a spoon-handle, a revolving dial marked with hours or portions thereof and pivoted on the clamp-plate, so that any hour-mark may be brought opposite a mark on the clamp-plate, together with an index-hand or dose-indicator 10 moving independently upon the revolving dial, in combination with a spoon, for the purpose of indicating the time for giving medicine and the character of the dose, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I HOWARD W. \VELLES. \Vitnesses:

C. W. H. ARNOLD, IRVING ELTING. 

